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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Reduce vision loss in children and adolescents — V‑03 Data

Status: Getting worse

  Getting worse
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Most Recent Data:
50.0 per 1,000 children and adolescents (2022)

Target:
31.2 per 1,000 

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
39.0 per 1,000 children and adolescents aged 17 years and under were blind or visually impaired in 2019 

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Blindness and visual impairment in children and adolescents ≤ 17 years, 2019-2022
(per 1,000 children and adolescents)
Decrease desired

Population 2019 2020 2021 2022
Total
39.0
CI 34.1 / 44.5
SE 2.593
45.1
CI 38.0 / 53.1
SE 3.778
43.0
CI 37.7 / 48.8
SE 2.776
50.0
CI 43.6 / 57.0
SE 3.359